No surprises here: Hugh Jackman picks up a SAG nomination for best leading actor for his performance as Jean Valjean in 'Les Miserables.'
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Claudia Puig, USA TODAY

The membership of the Screen Actors Guild skewed traditional and even a tad conservative Wednesday by honoring respected acting veterans such as Maggie Smith and Alan Arkin, along with the entire cast of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and foregoing riskier choices like Joaquin Phoenix for The Master or any members of Django Unchained, which takes a darkly comic look at slavery.

The actors guild did embrace a lower-profile film and lesser-known actor John Hawkes for his role as a partially paralyzed man in The Sessions, along with a comeback performance for his co-star, Helen Hunt, as a sex ...